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London Building (Constructional) Amending Byelaw, 1960
During 1960 the London County Council byelaw under the London
Building Act (Amendment) Act, 1935, and the Clean Air Act, 1956, came
into operation and requires that every new building shall be provided
with either such appliances for heating or cooking as are suitably designed
for burning gas, electricity, coke, or anthracite, or appliances of a
description exempted by an Order in force under the Clean Air Act.
Westminster (Eaton) Smoke Control Order, 1962
During 1963 the Council considered an application from the Marketing
Department of the National Coal Board for exemption from the operation
of Section 11 of the Clean Air Act, 1956, in respect of the standard
overnight burning heating appliance installed into the chimney in room
No. 547A on the top floor of the Board's premises at Hobart House,
Grosvenor Place, S.W.1. The Board proposed to carry out trials on
their various smokeless fuels and briquettes, etc., and whilst, in the
main, only smokeless fuels would be burned on this fireplace, on occasion
(not more than six times a year) ordinary bituminous fuel briquettes
would be tried to give experience with the burning of these materials
and to give a standard of comparison with the smokeless fuels.
The Council felt it would be reasonable to exempt the use of this
fireplace for such purposes from the operation of the Act, subject to the
following conditions:—
(i) That some means of smokeless ignition be provided to the
fireplace.
(ii) That use of the fireplace for such purposes be restricted to
not more than six occasions each year and for periods not exceeding
two hours on each occasion.
(iii) That prior notification of the proposed use of the fireplace
for burning bituminous fuels be given to the Council.